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In July 2010, the Bulls were preparing to sign Carlos Boozer as a free agent when the Jazz, Boozer's previous team, asked for a favor.
Allow the Jazz to sign-and-trade Boozer, creating a $13 million trade exception they eventually used to acquire Al...

Years from now, any time this era of Bulls' basketball is reviewed, injuries will be a dominant storyline.
The Bulls, who still have produced plenty of highlights, can't seem to get away from them.
But on a Thursday in which Derrick Rose and Joakim...

In 1985, freshly hired Bulls general manager Jerry Krause wanted to surround Michael Jordan with shooters and knew the Spurs owed the Bulls $200,000.
"I said to the Spurs, 'Keep it and let me take Paxson,' " Krause said, recalling one of his first...

It's unfortunate the Bulls' 2010 free-agent summit with LeBron James and their perfunctory dalliance this summer didn't land the four-time most valuable player.
Beyond the prodigious skills that would've been on display in Chicago, James and Bulls coach...

NEW YORK — A confusing morning shootaround at Madison Square Garden ultimately produced clarity regarding Jimmy Butler, who glumly announced he would miss Wednesday's opener and his juicy defensive assignment on Carmelo Anthony because of his...

In 2012, Taj Gibson said before the home opener that he wouldn’t take the Bulls’ latest offer on a contract extension. Postgame, after in-game negotiations, Gibson signed a four-year, $33 million deal minutes before the deadline.
This year...

Near the end of Wednesday night's 95-86 victory over the Bucks at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, an audible chorus of "M-V-P! M-V-P!'' arose from boisterous Bulls fans as Derrick Rose went to the free-throw line.
Watching at home on TV, I slightly...

For more than an hour Friday on the West Side, Joakim Noah put smiles on young children’s faces and perhaps some hope in their hearts.
Noah posed for pictures. He told stories. And with local rapper Common looking on, his Noah’s Arc...

The closer Derrick Rose gets to the reality of playing with Pau Gasol with the game on the line, the more the Bulls star dreams.
"I see automatically the fourth quarter, he's got the ball and I'm out on the perimeter just waiting to get a set shot,''...

The boring stuff is important.
Joakim Noah said this matter-of-factly Monday at Bulls media day, and he was alluding to rehabilitation for his offseason left knee surgery.
But the All-Star center could've been talking about the endless close-out...

With just over two weeks until the NBA draft, the questions aren’t stopping. Neither are the answers.
Melo or Love? I would actually prefer Melo. The Bulls need someone they can throw the ball to in the post and get a bucket during the playoffs....